Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 487)
The main purpose of Executive Order No. 487 is to update and/or relocate the kilometer stationings along all roads in the Philippines.
The authority to update the kilometer stationings along all roads is vested in the President of the Philippines.
Km. 0+000 for road stationings in Central and Northern Luzon is the Rizal Monument at the Rizal Park in Manila.
The kilometer stationings in Central and Northern Luzon will be carried along the Manila North Road and Cagayan Valley Road.
The kilometer stationings in Southern Luzon will be carried along the Manila South Road.
The kilometer stationing in Matnog, Sorsogon is reckoned from Km. 0+000 in Manila.
Nautical miles served by the ferries across the San Bernardino and Surigao Straits are converted to kilometers to determine the kilometer stationings at ferry terminal sites.
The reckoning point is the kilometer stationing at San Isidro, Northern Samar.
Km. 0+000 for the main island of Mindanao is at Lipata West in Surigao City.
Km. 0+000 for Panay is in front of the Provincial Capitol Building in Iloilo City, and for Negros, it is in front of the Provincial Capitol Building in Bacolod City.
Km. 0+000 for Mindoro is in front of the Provincial Capitol Building in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.
Km. 0+000 for all other island provinces shall be in front of the Provincial Capitol Building in the provincial capital of the province.
The Secretary of Public Highways is directed to implement the project.